- Born
- Birth nameNoah Strausser Speer Wyle
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Noah Wyle was born in Hollywood, California, to Marjorie (Speer), an orthopedic head nurse, and Stephen Wyle, an entrepreneur and electrical engineer. He is one of six children. His father's family was Russian Jewish. Noah had early support for his acting ambitions from his stepfather, film restorationist James C. Katz. He had small parts in high school productions (and won an award for a play he wrote).
He participated in a Northwestern University theater program, and was hooked - acting rather than college after high school. After graduation he learned from acting teacher Larry Moss while living in a small apartment on Hollywood Boulevard. His first part was at age 17, in Blind Faith (1990), but after a few good roles he hit a dry spell for two years (no acting, waiting on tables). Then came A Few Good Men (1992) followed by another dry spell in which a return to restaurant work looked like a good option. Television shows seemed possible but Noah steered clear of these because of the 5-year contract commitment. Then came the script for the pilot of ER (1994), and the part of Dr. Carter looked very good. Three auditions later, he had the role.- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> and Bruce Cameron <dumarest@midcoast.com>
- SpousesSara Wyle(June 7, 2014 - present) (1 child)Tracy Warbin(May 6, 2000 - 2010) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenOwen Strausser WyleFrances Harper Wyle
- ParentsMarjorie Spiro KatzStephen Wyle
- Always plays the relatable every man and the audience surrogate
- His least favorite scene on ER (1994) was mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of a dog; his all-time favorite was where he stood in a dark room reading to legendary actor and acting coach Sanford Meisner.
- Went on stage and gave a speech at MacWorld computer trade show posing as Apple Computer interim chief Steve Jobs. Jobs invited Wyle for this joke after seeing him in Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999).
- Announced in September of 2004 that he would be leaving ER (1994) at the conclusion of the eleventh season, after appearing on the show for nearly eleven years, to make room for the upcoming generation as well as to spend time with his nuclear family.
- Collects baseball cards, antiques and any bric-a-brac pertaining to the Biblical Noah's Ark.
- Skipped school at 14 to audition for Milos Forman's Valmont (1989). Although he could ride and fence, at the time he had acted only in school productions. His head shot/resume was a picture from "Our Town" with his other school roles listed on the back. Needless to say, he didn't get the part.
- It's weird, I actually like doing interviews now. Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience.
- I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy.
- ER (1994) - $9,000,000 /year(2001)
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